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What is Gender Theory

Chapter 10
Global LGBTQ+ Concerns in a Contemporary World: Politics, Prejudice, and Community
The theoretical study of Gender as a substantive thing and which is a performance, enabling us to realize the definition of a woman constructed. It allows us to realize the functional opacity that operates around the remaining Gender identities and why social order compels only two genders or a binarized gender system.
Published in Chapter:
Queer Community and a “Concerned Space” in India: Reclaiming “The Self” From the Intersectionalities of Marginalization
Suparna Roy (West Bengal University of Teachers' Training, Education Planning and Administration, India)
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5568-5.ch010
Abstract
The purpose of this chapter is to follow an observational and empirical methodology and discuss the history of the queer community. It explores why the LGBTQAI++ community in India is suffering by focusing on education, media, literature, and history.
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Prostitution/Pro-S-Institution and “The Celebrated Marginal” Culture: An Intersectionally Socio-Historical Depiction of Indian Sex-Workers
A theoretical study that highlights how Gender is nothing but performance; a contextual presentation which has no inherent or essential link to one’s sex. It showcases the reasons as to why and how the gender spectrum is obliterated.
Published in Chapter: Prostitution/Pro-S-Institution and “The Celebrated Marginal” Culture: An Intersectionally Socio-Historical Depiction of Indian Sex-Workers; From: Handbook of Research on Exploring Gender Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Through an Intersectional Lens
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